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Monday, August 16, 2010
A Birthday Present from Charles Bukowski
Today would have been Charles Bukowski's 90th birthday, so I featured some songs inspired by his life and work over on Classics Rock!--tunes by Modest Mouse, U2, Tom Russell and the Boo Radleys. Which resulted in this nice item in today's Shelf Awareness:
Happy birthday to Charles Bukowski, who would have been 90 today. To celebrate, Classics Rock!: Books Shelved in Songs is featuring several songs inspired by Bukowski, including "Bukowski" by Modest Mouse and "Dirty Day" by U2.
Thanks Shelf Awareness! And happy b-day Charles!
Thanks Shelf Awareness! And happy b-day Charles!
Friday, July 9, 2010
Hey, Boo
Sunday is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winner To Kill a Mockingbird. Just think: Scout would be about 83 now, and Jem about 87. We won't talk about Atticus.
On Classics Rock! we posted some songs that were inspired by the novel, from the likes of Bruce Hornsby, Ra Ra Riot, and the Noisettes (along with a shout-out to the Boo Radleys), and were rewarded for our efforts with a nice mention in the publishing enewsletter Shelf Awareness. Thanks!
"Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Attaboy, Atticus.
On Classics Rock! we posted some songs that were inspired by the novel, from the likes of Bruce Hornsby, Ra Ra Riot, and the Noisettes (along with a shout-out to the Boo Radleys), and were rewarded for our efforts with a nice mention in the publishing enewsletter Shelf Awareness. Thanks!
"Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Attaboy, Atticus.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Back to Basics
Every once in a while I realize how far I've strayed from the original mission of this blog: To chronicle my shameless self-promotion.
Today I'm back on task, with a handful of media hits to report. They came about thanks to two posts I put up on my Classics Rock! blog yesterday--one about J.D. Salinger, the other about Howard Zinn, both of whom passed away on Wednesday.
Ron Charles at The Washington Post, who haunts Twitter, generously devoted a tweet to the Salinger post, then devoted another to my piece about Zinn.
Today's edition of Shelf Awareness, the publishing industry newsletter, featured both posts in their lead news story, which was about Salinger.
CNBC.com's "Bullish on Books" blog included Classics Rock! in a roundup of Salinger coverage.
Just a short while ago, the New York Times "Paper Cuts" blog also posted both links.
And another widely read industry newsletter, GalleyCat, featured them as well.
I should also mention a near miss--a low brush with media coverage. Earlier this week I had the chance to be considered for a segment on a national network morning show. They were looking for parents of teens who could talk about the challenges of raising teens in today's world. Since my daughters now spend most of their time away from home and my son is about to get his driver's license, I didn't think that my family was exactly the demographic they were looking for. Plus I knew my wife would flat out refuse to do it and my kids would never speak to me again. When I got back to the producer to say we probably weren't right for the segment, she said that was fine, because the concept had completely changed: Now they were looking for a family where a college grad had moved back home with the parents and "isn't budging." She specified that they were looking for "exasperated parents," which strikes me as a redundancy. I told her we weren't right for that one either.
Today I'm back on task, with a handful of media hits to report. They came about thanks to two posts I put up on my Classics Rock! blog yesterday--one about J.D. Salinger, the other about Howard Zinn, both of whom passed away on Wednesday.
Ron Charles at The Washington Post, who haunts Twitter, generously devoted a tweet to the Salinger post, then devoted another to my piece about Zinn.
Today's edition of Shelf Awareness, the publishing industry newsletter, featured both posts in their lead news story, which was about Salinger.
CNBC.com's "Bullish on Books" blog included Classics Rock! in a roundup of Salinger coverage.
Just a short while ago, the New York Times "Paper Cuts" blog also posted both links.
And another widely read industry newsletter, GalleyCat, featured them as well.
I should also mention a near miss--a low brush with media coverage. Earlier this week I had the chance to be considered for a segment on a national network morning show. They were looking for parents of teens who could talk about the challenges of raising teens in today's world. Since my daughters now spend most of their time away from home and my son is about to get his driver's license, I didn't think that my family was exactly the demographic they were looking for. Plus I knew my wife would flat out refuse to do it and my kids would never speak to me again. When I got back to the producer to say we probably weren't right for the segment, she said that was fine, because the concept had completely changed: Now they were looking for a family where a college grad had moved back home with the parents and "isn't budging." She specified that they were looking for "exasperated parents," which strikes me as a redundancy. I told her we weren't right for that one either.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Happy Bloomsday
Today is Bloomsday, a day to celebrate James Joyce's novel Ulysses and its protagonist, Leopold Bloom. The entire story takes place on June 16th, 1904. Bloomsday is typically celebrated with public readings of the novel and a tremendous amount of drinking.
I must have mash-ups on the mind, but I'd like to publish an edition of Ulysses that injects all the monsters and nymphs and sorceresses from The Odyssey into the novel--not metaphorically, but literally. It would be great to suddenly have a giant cyclops striding down O'Connell Street, gobbling up Dubliners by the handful. Ideally this would occur in Episode Four, just as Leopold Bloom is defecating in the outhouse, which would put our hero at a particular disadvantage. Wouldn't this be a great mash-up? Wouldn't this generate a terrific lawsuit?
Meanwhile, in honor of Bloomsday, I've posted a list of songs relating to Joyce and Ulysses over on Classics Rock! It's already been featured in the publishing industry newsletter Shelf Awareness, tweeted by Ron Charles of The Washington Post, and Facebooked by Deirdre Donahue of USA Today. Happy Bloomsday!
I must have mash-ups on the mind, but I'd like to publish an edition of Ulysses that injects all the monsters and nymphs and sorceresses from The Odyssey into the novel--not metaphorically, but literally. It would be great to suddenly have a giant cyclops striding down O'Connell Street, gobbling up Dubliners by the handful. Ideally this would occur in Episode Four, just as Leopold Bloom is defecating in the outhouse, which would put our hero at a particular disadvantage. Wouldn't this be a great mash-up? Wouldn't this generate a terrific lawsuit?
Meanwhile, in honor of Bloomsday, I've posted a list of songs relating to Joyce and Ulysses over on Classics Rock! It's already been featured in the publishing industry newsletter Shelf Awareness, tweeted by Ron Charles of The Washington Post, and Facebooked by Deirdre Donahue of USA Today. Happy Bloomsday!
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